[pp.int.general] Translation of the Pirate Manifesto

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I think that when you two continue this debate outside of this mailing  
list, a lot of people will be happy.

On Nov 13, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Andrew Norton wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Reinier Bakels  
> <r.bakels at planet.nl> wrote:
>>> This kind of personal argument is not contributing anything to the  
>>> PPI
>>> mailinglist.
>>
>> Agreed! With all the fuzz though, we should not forget that  
>> initially there
>> was a *genuine* question: which manifesto should be translated e.g.  
>> into
>> Italian, if any?
>
> And yet again, Reinier, you prove you can't read, and can't check.
> There was no question, beyond how to translate 'grub', which was
> answered.
>
> There was a statement about translating them into Italian, which came
> a little laterand said "I and another guy are translating all the
> drafts." No questions, no asking for opinions (certainly not yours)
> and absolutely no basis, or even mildly conceptual way you could
> derive that "*genuine* question" from the ACTUAL conversations in the
> thread.
>
>> I haven't seen a manifesto proposal yet suitable for
>> political purposes 1) for promotion 2) as a set of principles binding
>> pirates. In a volunteer organisation like PP, everyone can make  
>> proposals.
>> But for external "marketing", the words should be chosen very  
>> carefully. We
>> should not communicate any "preliminary" manifesto. It could  cause  
>> a lot of
>> harm. Better no manifesto than a bad manifesto, imho.
>>
>
> Or, to paraphrase your entire line of arguments on this (over the past
> year) best not make any arguments, because someone can always come up
> with a counter-argument, even of dubious viability.
>
>> reinier
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